Articles about Sexual Abuse

Part 3 of a 4-Part Domestic Abuse Series A Christian Counselor Speaks This is the third article in a four-part series...

Part 2 of a 2-Part Coping with Childhood Trauma Series Due to recent events in our country and local communities,...

When someone’s personhood has been shattered by sexual abuse, how can we begin to put back some of the pieces...

Many of us experience difficulties and occasionally very trying times in our lives. But with so many recent stories of...

One of the most prominent characteristics and challenges of post-traumatic stress is how to understand the conflicting emotions of trauma;...

Part 1 of Making Marriage Work Series Webster’s dictionary defines trauma as, “a disordered psychic or behavioral state resulting...

A central part of my clinical work involves providing treatment for men who struggle with the painful emotional and relational...

To study psychological trauma is to come face to face both with human vulnerability in the natural world and with...

Victims of sexual abuse wrestle with a wide range of feelings. One of these feelings is the feeling of hopelessness....

There is no standard for reacting to sexual assault. It is a traumatic, life-changing event. The emotions and behaviors an...

Talking about sexual abuse is important for the victim because this is the first step to work through sexual abuse...

The effects of sexual abuse manifest themselves in all areas of life. Sexual abuse affects the emotional, physical, spiritual, and...